libexplain/wait_or_die.c File Reference

#include <libexplain/output.h>
#include <libexplain/wait.h>

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Functions
int	explain_wait_or_die (int *status)

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Function Documentation

int explain_wait_or_die

(

int *

status

)

The explain_wait_or_die function is used to call the wait(2) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained from the explain_wait(3) function, and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE).

This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example:

 int pid = explain_wait_or_die(status);

Parameters:

status

The status, exactly as to be passed to the wait(2) system call.

Returns:

This function only returns on success. On failure, prints an explanation and exits, it does not return.

Definition at line 24 of file wait_or_die.c.